A federal judge ruled that Cook County’s system for handling unpaid property taxes violates the Constitution, delivering a major victory for homeowners who lost their properties and accumulated equity ...

A new study calls for government agencies involved in the Cook County property tax system to better collaborate to help the system become more fair and equitable, as a growing chorus of homeowners ...

Karin Schluecker Korth says her house is too big for her, but she doesn’t want to leave. It holds the memory of her late husband Bruce, who died in 2015; his spirit is in the house, she says. Her ...

The Cook County property tax system’s transition from a 50-year-old information technology system has had its share of missteps and delays due to its vendor, Tyler Technologies. But in any transition ...

The case affects more than 1,700 homeowners who lost their properties in tax sales, but whether the county owes them money ...

CHICAGO -- ABC News, ABC-Owned Television Stations and the ABC7 Chicago I-Team are finding that too many Black and Latino homeowners are being "highballed." They are more likely to pay higher property ...

This is a particularly bad year in Chicago for second-installment property tax bills to arrive late. One year after Cook County property tax officials congratulated themselves for getting the second ...

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Billions of dollars in Cook County property taxes that should have been paid by now instead won’t even be billed until the autumn — and probably won’t have to be paid until around Halloween, or even ...

Like a haunted house, property taxes can creep up and surprise property owners if they are not prepared. Many Illinois property owners may not understand how crucial it is to be aware of the many ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — At the Cook County Building, a coalition of African American pastors rang the bell for what they said is an economic emergency. Rev. Ira Acree and clergy representing 20 ...